Hybrid Financial Crime Systems Owner

Posted 2 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Managing the life cycle of financial crime systems, from selection and implementation to ongoing performance monitoring and upgrades.
  • Ensuring that all systems and processes comply with relevant financial crime legislation and regulatory guidance, such as the FCA's Financial Crime Guide.
  • Identifying and assessing risks associated with financial crime and developing strategies to manage these risks through system controls.
  • Ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and appropriate segmentation of data used within financial crime systems, such as transaction monitoring and KYC/KYB systems.
  • Continuously evaluating and enhancing the effectiveness of financial crime prevention and detection processes by leveraging system insights.
  • Produce and maintain system design documentation, configuration guidance, supporting models, and Risk & Control (RiskCo) artefacts to ensure robust governance, effective control operation, and audit/regulatory readiness.
  • Present regular updates to senior leadership on threat trends, control performance and roadmap delivery.
  • Working with various stakeholders, including technology teams, compliance, and business areas, to integrate financial crime controls and foster a culture of compliance.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in financial crime risk, AML, fraud operations, or related fields.
  • Demonstrated success in systems ownership in a corporate or B2B environment
  • Familiarity with APIs and system integration.
  • Experience configuring Financial Crime platforms for one or more of the following: Sanctions screening, Transaction monitoring, KYC/KYB, CDD, Fraud detection.
  • Strong understanding of financial crime typologies, AML regulatory expectations (e.g. FCA, JMLSG), and systems assurance principles.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate compliance requirements into technical configurations and workflows.
  • Excellent communication skills to work across Compliance, Technology, Product, and Operations with an ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment.
  • Experience working with or leading cross-functional projects across compliance, technology, and operations.

Benefits

  • Flexible working options, such as flexible hours and hybrid work
  • Equal opportunities employer

Job title

Financial Crime Systems Owner

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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